The chance to win big has been drawing Granite Staters to stores to buy tickets ahead of Saturday night's drawing. At Bunny's Superette in Manchester, people were lining up on Friday, and many said they already had plans for what they would do with the money.

"I'd help out my family and then the ASPCA for the animals, and then I would donate a lot of food to the homeless," said Diane Lord, of Goffstown.

The jackpot has been growing since the end of March. More than $200 million has been added to the pot since the last drawing on Wednesday.

Even though the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are about one in 175 million, people are still willing to take a shot

"We came to get some lottery tickets, and they picked their numbers, and we picked ours," said Zena Bilavsky, of Manchester. "Hopefully, we will be big winners."

Workers at Bunny's Superette said they expect to sell thousands of dollars worth of tickets in the next day before the drawing.

JENNIFER IS LIVE IN MANCHESTER TONIGHT WITH THE LOTTO FEVER GRIPPING NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE NATION. THIS IS ONE OF THE LUCKIEST LOTTERY SPOT HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THEY TAKE A SHOT AT MORE THAN HALF $1 BILLION. AS THE POWERBALL JACKPOT SWELLS TO $600 MILLION, PEOPLE ARE LINING UP IN MANCHESTER TO GET THEIR TICKETS. THE IDEA OF TAKING HOME MORE THAN HALF A BILLION DOLLARS HAS MANY DREAMING OF WAYS TO SPEND ALL THAT CASH. MY FAMILY , ASPCA, I WOULD DONATE A LOT OF FOOD TO THE HOMELESS. I WOULD GIVE EACH OF MY KIDS A MILLION. THE DRAWING IS BIG ENOUGH TO BRING OUT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT NORMALLY PLAY THE LOTTERY. THE JACKPOT HAS BEEN GROWING SINCE THE END OF MARCH. MORE THAN $200 MILLION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE POT SINCE WEDNESDAY. EVEN THOUGH THE ODDS OF WINNING ARE ABOUT ONE AND 175 MILLION, PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TAKE A SHOT. THEY PICK THEIR NUMBERS. HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE BIG WINNERS. THIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD IS TESTING OUT HIS STRATEGY TO HELP HIS MOM. HAS IT EVER WORKED BEFORE? NO. THE BIG POWERBALL DRAWING IS TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY JACK. PEER IT NEGATIVE